following a long illness in support, a history maker, he becomes the spurs all time top square as his side beats manchester city in the english premier league. welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. including some of those arrested the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, has been giving us more details. the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable number of people who were a
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chelsea manning information. any method that was made i available, i would have taken. there was nothing that was going to stop me. | you give clinton a pass and you go after trump forjust mishandling classified information, you ll have a real problem in america. welcome to hardtalk s look back at another year of compelling interviews. i m stephen sackur. when historians review 2022, they will surely begin with a simple, grim observation. this year saw the first all out invasion of a european country since world war ii. as the year began, vladimir putin was preparing the biggest geopolitical gamble of his life, transforming russia s low intensity military operation in ukraine into a full scale assault aimed at installing a moscow friendly regime in kyiv. as putin massed his invasion force, ukrainians pleaded with the west to act, to make the kremlin think again. the main message let s show to the kremlin that you are seriously understand the all threats and you can make thi
and ukrainian troops continue to gain ground, taking back territory once grabbed by the russians. many ukrainians are facing their first christmas without relatives. now on bbc news its stephen sackur with hardtalk s review of the year 2022. there will be a lot of blood in the land and it will be a lot of refugees. we expected that it s going to be a pretty, well, long timely operation, and it absolutely goes as planned. this has become much bigger than ukraine versus russia. l we can succeed only- and only if we stay united. let me tell you a secret. i had possession of all the chelsea manning information. any method that was made available, i would have taken. there was nothing that was going to stop me. you give clinton a pass- and you go after trump forjust mishandling classified - information, you ll have a real problem in america. welcome to hardtalk s look back at another year of compelling interviews. i m stephen sackur. when historians review 2022, they will surely b
police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital islamabad. and now on bbc news it s hardtalk. there will be a lot of blood in the land and it will be a lot of refugees. we expected that it s gonna be a pretty, well, long timely operation, and it absolutely goes as planned. this has become much bigger than ukraine versus russia. l we can succeed only and only if we stay united. let me tell you a secret. i had possession of all the chelsea manning information. any method that was made i available, i would have taken. there was nothing that was going to stop me. | you give clinton a pass and you go after trump forjust mishandling classified information, you ll have a real problem in america. welcome to hardtalk s look back at another year of compelling interviews. i m stephen sackur. when historians review 2022, they will surely begin with a simple, grim observation. this year saw the first all out inva